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 * >   don't depend on bzip, ...
 * 
 * IMHO, this is a bad move.  We direly need to save space WRT distfiles
 * anywhere we can.  The distfiles and package CDROMs are becoming much less
 * useful as we can't put as much on them as we need to.

I agree.  The bzip port/package is just a one-time cost to save space
on many others.

Maybe I should add to the handbook that bzip2'd distfiles are to be
preferred over gzip'd versions....

Satoshi


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